Singapore university staff hit by new cyber attacks

Singapore: Two employees from the National University of Singapore (NUS) were hit by a fresh round of cyber attacks on Thursday.

It was reported that the latest attacks undermined the computers of the two employees, including a researcher who worked on a security project funded by the Ministry of Defence, Xinhua news agency reported.

According to local media reports, “NUS computer science research fellow Prosanta Gope’s computer was hacked on Tuesday after he clicked on a link in a ‘spear phishing’ e-mail from another colleague whose computer had also been hacked.”